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Some Like It Hot ()

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After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations.
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Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
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Joe / Josephine / Shell Oil Junior
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Jerry / Daphne
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Spats Colombo
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Detective Mulligan
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Osgood Fielding III
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Little Bonaparte
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Sweet Sue
Billy Gray ...
Sig Poliakoff
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Toothpick Charlie
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Bienstock
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Spats' Henchman
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Spats' Henchman
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Dolores
Barbara Drew ...
Nellie
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Johnny Paradise
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sam Bagley ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Brandon Beach ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Willie Bloom ...
Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Al Breneman ...
Bellhop (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
James J. Casino ...
Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
Beulah Christian ...
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
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Gangster (uncredited)
Robert Cole ...
Club Patron (uncredited)
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Olga (uncredited)
Pat Comiskey ...
Spats' Henchman (uncredited)
Bing Conley ...
Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Paul Cristo ...
Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Harry Denny ...
Retirement Home Resident (uncredited)
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Gangster Convention Greeter (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
Joan Fields ...
Band Member (uncredited)
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Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Mary Foley ...
Band Member (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
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Funeral Director / Speakeasy Waiter / Josephine (uncredited) (voice)
Joanne Genthon ...
Girl (uncredited)
Bobby Gilbert ...
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
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Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Jack Gordon ...
Gangster with Charlie (uncredited)
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Mobster at Banquet (uncredited)
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Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Harold 'Tommy' Hart ...
Official #2 (uncredited)
Ted Hook ...
Official #1 (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ...
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Bouncer (uncredited)
Joseph La Cava ...
Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
George Lake ...
Small Role (uncredited)
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Retirement Home Resident (uncredited)
King Lockwood ...
Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
John Logan ...
Small Role (uncredited)
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Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Tiger Joe Marsh ...
Small Role (uncredited)
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Small Role (uncredited)
Tipp McClure ...
Spats' Henchman (uncredited)
Penny McGuiggan ...
Trumpet Player (uncredited)
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Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
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Mary Lou (uncredited)
Joan Nicholas ...
Betty (uncredited)
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Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Colleen O'Sullivan ...
Band Member (uncredited)
Joe Palma ...
Small Role (uncredited)
Helen Perry ...
Rosella (uncredited)
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Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Danny Richards Jr. ...
Fresh Bellboy (uncredited)
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Chef (uncredited)
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Police Officer (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Old Man (uncredited)
Sammy Shack ...
Commuter at Station (uncredited)
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Drunk (uncredited)
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Small Role (uncredited)
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Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Gloria Tennes ...
Band Member (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ...
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Sid Troy ...
Gangster at Convention (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie ...
Gangster at Massacre (uncredited)
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Mozzarella (uncredited)
Sandra Warner ...
Emily (uncredited)
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Small Role (uncredited)
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Rosella (uncredited)

Directed by

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Billy Wilder

Written by

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Billy Wilder ... (screenplay) and
I.A.L. Diamond ... (screenplay)
 
Robert Thoeren ... (suggested by a story by) (as R. Thoeren) and
Michael Logan ... (suggested by a story by) (as M. Logan)

Produced by

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I.A.L. Diamond ... associate producer
Doane Harrison ... associate producer
Billy Wilder ... producer

Music by

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Adolph Deutsch ... (background score)

Cinematography by

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Charles Lang ... director of photography (as Charles Lang Jr.)

Editing by

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Arthur P. Schmidt ... film editor

Casting By

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Phil Benjamin ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Ted Haworth

Set Decoration by

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Edward G. Boyle

Makeup Department

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Agnes Flanagan ... hair stylist
Emile LaVigne ... makeup artist
Alice Monte ... hair stylist
Allan Snyder ... makeup artist: Miss Monroe (uncredited)

Production Management

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Allen K. Wood ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sam Nelson ... assistant director
Thomas L. Miller ... assistant director (uncredited)
Hal W. Polaire ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Tom Plews ... property
Boris Grinsson ... poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Fred Lau ... sound

Special Effects by

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Milt Rice ... special effects
Daniel Hays ... special effects (uncredited)

Stunts

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Paul Baxley ... stunt driver (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Polly Burson ... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Gray ... stunts (uncredited)
Carey Loftin ... stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bernie Abramson ... still photographer (uncredited)
Floyd McCarty ... still photographer (uncredited)
Phil Stern ... still photographer (uncredited)
Don Stott ... gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Bert Henrikson ... wardrobe
Orry-Kelly ... gowns: Miss Monroe
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Location Management

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John Veitch ... location manager (uncredited)

Music Department

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Matty Malneck ... songs: supervised by
Eve Newman ... music editor
George 'Red' Callender ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Gene Cipriano ... musician: tenor sax for Tony Curtis (uncredited) / musician: woodwinds (uncredited)
Jack Dumont ... musician (uncredited)
Al Hendrickson ... musician: ukulele for Marylyn Monroe (uncredited) / musician: ukulele (uncredited)
Barney Kessel ... musician: electric guitar (uncredited)
Matty Malneck ... conductor (uncredited)
Shelly Manne ... musician: drums (uncredited)
Dave Pell ... musician: tenor sax (uncredited) / saxophone coach for Tony Curtis (uncredited)
Art Pepper ... musician: alto sax (uncredited)
Society Syncopators ... vocalist (uncredited)
Leroy Vinnegar ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Gerald Wiggins ... vocal coach for Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
John Williams ... musician: piano (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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John Franco ... script continuity
Wally Green ... choreographer
Jack Cole ... choreographer (uncredited)
Evelyn Moriarty ... stand-in: Marilyn Monroe (uncredited)
Claudine Mulard ... translator: French subtitles (uncredited)
Maurice Segal ... publicist (uncredited)
Alpha Steinman ... production secretary (uncredited)
Paula Strasberg ... dialogue coach (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

After two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They show up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines Not since SCARFACE, so much action. Not since the Marx Brothers, so much comedy. Not since THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, so much Marilyn. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Not Tonight, Josephine! (United States)
  • Certains l'aiment chaud (France)
  • Manche mögen's heiß (Germany)
  • Ningú no és perfecte (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Con faldas y a lo loco (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 121 min
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Box Office

Budget $2,883,848 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,039,935

Did You Know?

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Trivia Years after the film's release, a movie reviewer asked Tony Curtis why his "Josephine" was so much more feminine than Jack Lemmon's "Daphne." Curtis explained he was so scared to be playing a woman (or a man pretending to be one) that his tightly wound body language could be read as demure and shy, traditionally feminine traits, whereas Lemmon, who was completely unbothered, and "ran out of his dressing room screaming like the Queen of the May," kept much more of his masculine body language. See more »
Goofs During the opening chase, the police zip by a Chevron gas station. Chevron was known as Standard Oil in 1929. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Vida conyugal sana (1974). See more »
Soundtracks Runnin' Wild See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Jerry: Oh no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.
Osgood: Why not?
Jerry: Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.
Osgood: Doesn't matter.
Jerry: I smoke! I smoke all the time!
Osgood: I don't care.
Jerry: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.
Osgood: I forgive you.
Jerry: [tragically] I can never have children!
Osgood: We can adopt some.
Jerry: But you don't understand, Osgood! Ohh...
[Jerry finally gives up and pulls off his wig]
Jerry: [normal voice] I'm a man!
Osgood: [shrugs] Well, nobody's perfect!
[Jerry looks on with disbelief as Osgood continues smiling with indifference. Fade out]
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